Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240819
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0319 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR EASTERN WY/SOUTHEAST MT/FAR
SOUTHWEST ND/WESTERN SD/WESTERN NEB...
...SYNOPSIS...
WITH BROAD UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES...AN ACTIVE/FAST
BELT OF WESTERLY MID TO UPPER FLOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN
THIRD OF THE COUNTRY. WITHIN THIS FLOW REGIME...A POTENT SHORTWAVE
TROUGH/ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY.
IN THE WAKE OF THE INITIAL SYSTEM...A SECONDARY UPPER IMPULSE WILL
SHIFT EAST-SOUTHEAST OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - EASTERN WY/SOUTHEAST MT/FAR
SOUTHWEST ND/WESTERN SD/WESTERN NEB...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS/WIND SHIFT WITH COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE
A POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
EAST FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY.
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT...A WIND SHIFT IS EXPECTED BY EARLY
AFTERNOON INTO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS/NEB PANHANDLE...WITH A MARKED
INCREASE OF NORTHWESTLY WINDS VIA STRONG MOMENTUM TRANSFER/CORE OF
MODERATELY STRONG WINDS ALOFT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20-30
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...MAY HAVE CONSIDERABLE ADVERSE IMPACTS
ON ANY ONGOING FIRES /NAMELY ACROSS MT AND WY/. GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE
OF THE WINDS...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR FAST FIRE SPREAD EVEN WITH
THE ONSET OF COOLER TEMPERATURES/HIGHER RH VALUES AMIDST THE
POST-FRONTAL REGIME. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED-SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY ALONG THE FRONT. WHILE THESE SHOULD BE
MAINLY WET...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR NEW FIRE IGNITIONS.
...GREAT BASIN...
ON THE HEELS OF THE INITIAL SHORTWAVE TROUGH/COLD FRONT SHIFTING
EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/NORTHERN PLAINS...A SECONDARY UPPER
TROUGH WILL EVOLVE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN
REGION TODAY. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP A PERSISTENT BELT OF MODERATELY
STRONG WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN...FAVORABLE FOR BREEZY
CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NV THIS AFTERNOON IN PRESENCE OF
SUFFICIENTLY DEEP MIXING. BROAD SCALE WINDS OF 15-20 MPH ARE LIKELY
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH. OTHERWISE...WARM/DRY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES BETWEEN
8-12 PERCENT.
..GUYER.. 08/24/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240821
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0321 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
OVERALL PATTERN ON FRIDAY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY UPPER TROUGH
SHIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST...WHILE UPPER RIDGING BEGINS TO ENCROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
FARTHER EAST...COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS/MISSOURI VALLEY.
...SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN...
AS COLD FRONT SHIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH-SOUTHEAST ACROSS NV/UT...BREEZY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG/SOUTH OF THE FRONT FRIDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS WILL LIKELY REACH 15-20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. A FEW DRY
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ALTHOUGH ANY SUCH ACTIVITY
SHOULD REMAIN RATHER ISOLATED.
..GUYER.. 08/24/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...